Acquired Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-kwīrd
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gotten
  2. collected
  3. obtained
  4. procured
  5. secured
  6. gained
  7. grabbed
  8. got
  9. landed
  10. reaped
  11. made
  12. learnt
  13. gathered
  14. garnered
  15. earned
  16. contracted
  17. attained
  18. amassed
  19. won
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gotten
  2. formed
  3. procured
  4. earned
  5. produced
  6. adopted
  7. taken
  8. developed
  9. grown
  10. assumed
Antonyms:
  1. forgone
  2. surrendered
  3. relinquished
  4. yielded
  5. forfeited
  6. failed
  7. lost
Gain through experience
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. learnt
  2. evolved
  3. developed
Win something through one's efforts
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gained
  2. won
Gained without special exertion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. given
  2. accrued
  3. derived
  4. granted
  5. endowed
  6. transmitted
  7. adapted to
  8. conveyed to
  9. inherited
  10. handed-down
  11. bequeathed
  12. ceded
  13. allowed
  14. awarded
  15. passed-on
  16. willed to
Antonyms:
  1. forfeited
  2. deprived
  3. lost

Words Related to Acquired

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. later-onset
  2. aquired
  3. received

Acquired Sentence Examples

  • He seems then or later to have acquired some tincture of learning.

  • Would it be so terrible if she never acquired a fortune?

  • Helen acquired language by practice and habit rather than by study of rules and definitions.

  • It has not acquired one permanent wrinkle after all its ripples.

  • When the custom of commendation developed, the king charged the mayor of the palace to protect those who had commended themselves to him and to 1 The mayors of certain cities in the United Kingdom (London, York, Dublin) have acquired by prescription the prefix of "lord."

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